youngest told his mother five days after it happened and they went to police. echo echos of children are all around the park. people that come here tell us there is never any trouble here despite that skaters come from all over. the 11-year-old boy told police that they were approached by a man who offered them sodas and sandwiches and in return he wanted to take their photo. and they went with him. the youngest kids there tell us they never feel that safe and the older skaters look out for

them and that is what they would have done if they saw what is going on. >> we are here all the time. >> there always people here, i don't know i never heard of anything like that before. we are learning new details about this story just now the victim told police that the man posed all five boys in various positions to get different photographs of their bare feet, and if they came back next week he would give them money and that he worked at a sneaker store. the 5-year-old told police a vague description of this man if you have information you are asked to call the special victims unit right away. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> so strange, thank you. we have breaking news right now, of a recall affecting tens of millions of car airbag maker takata declared to declare 38.3

million of their products defective. that more than doubles the amount of cars involved in their previous recalls. this makes it the large of the recall in american history. it could explode with force and send shrapnel into the car. it's now time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> meteorologist, adam joseph is tracking things at the big board. >> high clouds and low fog and sunshine going back to work this afternoon as we look at double scan live radar a cold front is approaching from the west but you won know it there are downpours popping up in the last few minutes in southeastern lancaster and near cochranville and route ten and coreyville, and yellows and red popping up

and no lightning out of this now. this is the same area that saw 1 to 2 inches of rain yesterday stealing the thunder again today, getting more rain when the rest of us are thirsty for a drink and not much is happening. widely scattered downpours and a couple of thunderstorms will pop up and most areas will remain dry and the heavy threat is downpours and possible gusty winds and behind the cold front, temperatures are cooling off omaha and bismark as well as chicago and this is moving in our direction. we'll let you know how cool it will get in the accuweather forecast in just a little bit. >> thank you adam, one person is dead after a house fire in chester county it happened after 10:00 this morning on water street in honey brook firefighters got the flames under control in 45 minutes but once they got inside they found a body and they have not told us

the victim's name and they are trying to figure out cha started the flames. it's primary day be polls are open and the big race is the six way democratic primary for philadelphia mayor vernon odom is live in overbrook this afternoon at the polling place. you have the details on the big day. >> good evening brian so far today turnout is reported to be light in various parts of the city to moderate in other parts in this traditional station in the park turnout is good, and 50% as it always is before the polls close in this high turnout ward. >> at mid-afternoon when this video was taken in south philadelphia turnout was reported light to moderate in most places across the city, this never seemed to capture the voter's attention but the poll is open a few more hours, han

any williams was the first out of the block this morning and cast his ballot at the anderson elementary school a few blocks from his home. >> it's urgent that we get out and vote, and believe in a can tate what has a plan to do it now. >> nelson diaz was out as well with his wife and family members at their regular polling places. >> i saw a lot of need and poverty and i'm committed to continuing to work as hard as i can to be helpful to everyone in the community. martin street voted this morning in philadelphia. >> the first thing i'll do as mayor is begin to hire people in the community where they live to patrol the community and connect it directly to the police

department. >> by 8:00 this moning former pgw employee is hoping to pull off his quest for the nomination. >> i met 50,000 philadelphians on my own and in addition to the thousands that have been met just through the work of my team. >> former d.a., lynn abraham, the former frontrunner voted in her regular place in society hill and she could win it and go on to victory in the general election. >> you all know me i'm a tough competitor, i run away from nothing and embrace the process, jim kenney buoys by numbers -- >> win or lose i'm enjoy the fact that i have done it. >> whoever wins the democratic nomination tonight, she or he

will be the heavy, heavy favorite to win the general election in november. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right vernon thank you. voters are nominating five city council at large candidates and a handful of council seats are ton tested and who will replace mike stack in the fifth destruct in northeast philadelphia, stack is now the lieutenant governor. and there are three open seats on the state supreme court and that has never happened before so lots to follow tonight. and the league of women voters and a staff of volunteers are in our action center call if you have any questions casting your ballot. the number is on the bottom of your screen until polls close at 8:00 tonight stay with "action news" all night we have results as they come in live at 6abc.com, and we'll be live tweeting them and have a full recap of the election and the results tonight on "action news"

at 10:00 and 11:00. emergency repairs in new jersey john rawlins live in vineland, this could be a headache for some drivers this summer. >> reporter: it has the potential if are you using route 55 this summer the emergency work could slow things down as it squeezes lanes here, inconvenient? yes, but it's critical work and needs to be done. the exit 26 overpass built 25 years ago does not look like trouble from a distance but they found cracks in the bolts in the understructure severe enough to order money work. in this case a portable drill is used to cut into the beams and then they will build new support

plates. route 55 will be open but there will be occasional lane closures drivers understand the need. >> they need to fix that. >> that is what they are doing now. >> it will have traffic backed up all over the place. >> it could collapse and could be a big accident and we don't want that. >> worth it? >> definitely worth it. >> i prefer the wait than getting hurt. >> with memorial weekend coming up, the state is committing to keeping all you lanes open from friday until tuesday but the repair will stretch into the summer months and it's a popular way to reach southern shore points and that could slow beach goers. >> it's unfortunate for local businesses and people coming from pennsylvania coming in and obviously the local people as well. >> reporter: so this would seem to be a case of driver beware

or be aware if i-55 is part of your itinerary be aware that through periods this summer there could be lane squeezes and it could slow progress. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> thank you john. seems an probe note to check with the "action news" traffic report. lets check in with matt pellman. >> just a few days until shore traffic becomes part of my voke vocabulary vocabulary. here on the westbound side of passyunk and the on ramp from 26th street is taking out the left lane and traffic is squeezing by and not a huge jam at this point but a large amount of emergency vehicle at the crash and at 30 and street station there is a vehicle in the right lane and a tight

squeeze there as well. and nearly the same spot as this morning there is a crash at the pennsylvania turnpike just past norristown taking out a lane and a bus accident in bridgeport. at depot street. look for a wreck at 202 and one in berlin county on the white horse pike that just cleared out. and now i can say no problems this afternoon across the board on mass transit. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this warm tuesday afternoon. a vehicle is stopped at brighton road at the cape may courthouse and we'll check it again brian and shirleen. >> still ahead workers are trapped on the side a local building eight stories high,

what it took to get him to safety. call him real captain america the u.s. soldier that ran toward a burning car to save the couple inside. and the team of the chew comes to philadelphia for a food tour and alicia vitarelli got to be their guide. where she took them and when you get to see the full episode.

from our delaware fuse room a worker had to be rescued after getting stuck eight stories high. he was power washing the bank of america building on king street the scaffolding lost power and left him in a harness for 15 minutes eventually they got the power back on. a u.s. captain is called a hero or a super hero after he sprang to action and jumped into flames and saved a north

carolina couple trapped in their car, and steve ogleson at ft. bragg at the time was also wearing a captain america tx shirt when he dragged them from the flames, he was one of the neighbors that ran into help. one of those neighbors happen to bring a fire tinguisher. and he used it to break the windows. >> the army helped a lot and i was if the right place at the right time. we all bonded together to help save people's lives. >> incredible. thanks to the captain's quick work the crash victims are all alive, their injuries are serious but not life-threatening. the captain america t-shirt says it all brian. a buck county man confessed to killing a woman i side of a

bensalem motel joseph mcfadden is arraigned on a murder charge and investigators say he beat and strangled christopher o'malley last week and he tried to make it look like a suicide. after detectives arrested mcfad and he admitted to the roles in the crime and that dna matched that found at the scene. a woman broughtly assaulted in philadelphia is fighting for change, here is a special report coming up tonight at 11:00. >> the unthinkable happened to this young mother in a garage in broad daylight. >> in my head i thought this was a joke, it couldn't be happened to me. >> i was stripped naked in a parking garage and nobody noticed. >> just how safe are parking garages, coming up on "action

news" at sec. lets get you to business now, taking a look at the closing numbers on wall street the dow hit a new record high today and the closing numbers picking up 13 points and the nasdaq and s&p 500 closed down on the day starbucks is teaming up with to sell cd's at their stores. baristas will get a prescription and help to serve as dj's if the stores and customers can make suggestions. starbucks will roll out the service this fall. brian? >> all right thank you holy family university recognized the spirit of philanthropy at graduation today before they walked the stage they heard a

key note speech from father greg boyle, he is forming a nonprofit that helps former gang members interptheir lives around and was warded with a doctorate degree. >> i like that. it is time now for your accuweather forecast. >> lets get you over to our home boy. tannig by with more. >> i can't stand up to that. sky 6 hd behind me a lot of sunshine in the city itself. there is only one spot here in our viewing area getting rain and this is the same spot as yesterday, they are stingy stealing the rain from the rest of the region south of cochranville and

10 and to an inch and a half of rain per hour. and the good thing is unlike yesterday, it just sat over this location but this is moving to the south and east. and a lot of rain being released in a short amount of time. as we look at the numbers they have pumped up over the last couple of hours the returning sun and southwesterly wind, it's in the 80s area wide, with the exception of the shore communities. 77 on the boardwalk and sea isle city. the dew points are running on the muggy scale, that is when it's between 65 and 70 and we are there area wide but the dew points are going to drop off overnight tonight as a cold front passes through in fact, we'll lose 20 degrees from the dew points by tomorrow morning, 44 inal ep town and 46 in wilmington and this means when you head out tomorrow morning,

the atmosphere is lighter and as we look at satellite and radar not much in the way of clouds and it's hard to depictwhere the front is as it pushes through there are scattered downpours and thunderstorms, in a few isolated locations, 58 in philadelphia and 57 for millville and 60 in cape may looking tomorrow afternoon full sunshine with temperatures only in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees with that cooling northwesterly breeze. if you look at the four day at 4:00 breezy and beautiful, 73 degrees and 69 on thursday and we get brushed by clouds and the best chance foreseeing a lot of sun on thursday is north of philadelphia and more clouds to the south and humidity on friday of 78 and to begin your memorial day weekend, sunny and pleasant and 70 on saturday can we stretch that beautiful

weather out through the holiday weekend we'll let you know in the next half hour in the seven day. >> okay homey. >> she has the sas here. thank you children in atlantic city are getting new resources to help their early education the gateway community action partnership broke ground on their new head start program today, it's on the 1400 block of baccarat boulevard set to open in september of 2016 and could have up to 300 children by 2017, hurricane sandy relief funds are paying for the 21 million there's project. and abc's the chew comes to philadelphia and alicia vitarelli got to show them around town. where she took them on their philly food tour. with so many choices for sunscreen it's tough to know which ones were affective. we'll see which ones do what

they claim. it's a circumcision decision one mom is florida is in jail, for refusing her 4-year-old son in for surgery.

all of my fellow foodies out there knows that philadelphia has a wealth of incredible rest restaurants here nothing short of top notch so when my friends of the chew asked me to take them to my three favorite eateries it was impossible to choose three i took the chew crew to a few spots where some of our top chefs have family recipes on their menu, from their great grandma's pie.

you don't want to miss the true taste of home served up by the city's finest. it's coming up on the chew tomorrow at 1:00 right after 6 abc news. they hung out in the studio it was great. >> i have seen them do other cities ours is incredible. >> oh, yes. from potato to macaroni we hope you choose the best salad for your barbecue and for your waistline. why innovate for a future without accidents? why do any of it? why do all of it? because if it matters to you it's everything to us.

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph alicia vitarelli shirleen allicot, and brian taff. it's 4:30 and "action news" tips with the courtroom battle over a little boy's body why a south florida mom is behind bars for refusing to circumstance her son. tx. siblings reunited after a year long deployment, a south jersey soldier surprises his little sister in the best way

possible. we begin now in the lehigh valley, where a commune is mourning and praying this afternoon, a little more than 24 hours ago two little girls were crossing this street on the way to a friend's house but they never made it to the intersection, a car hit the friends after 4:00, killing one child and critically injuring the other walter perez talked to the friends of the family today and joins us with more on this. >> brian it happens yesterday just off the curb right here at this busy intersection a classmate is hospitalize and one you is dead. >> she was someone special. >> harley hoffman is talking about her close friend abigail who was hit by a vehicle while crossing the intersection of sixth, and she was walking with

her friend maya who was critically injured. the most chilling part was that she was suppose to be with them when the accident happened i just saw her the other day and was suppose to hang out with her. >> meanwhile maya's grandmother tells us there is no update on her condition? it's a head fracture we don't know if there is brain damage yet, it's too early to tell. >> the witness said the driver was stopped and processed by police, any pending charges have not yet been filed. abigail will be remembered as a loving friend with a giving heart. >> she made everybody feel special, she should be here today be died at a young age and it hurts. >> and elaine has a message for

all parents and grandparents. >> if you are near your children, hug them every day you never know when they will be gone. their lives are peshs. >> back out live on the scene the vigil is planned for 6:00 tonight for both victims and fun raisers to help both families are planned as well. funeral plans for abigail are underway. >> very terrible thank you walter. a driver accused of hitting four philadelphia police officers with his car is charged with attempted homicide investigators say that 47-year-old rudolph keat drove away and hit four officers and another was injured down the street. his girlfriend told "action news" that his medical conditions contributed to the violent incident. police are looking into this

youtube video where a man is knocked unconscious at a pizza place in newark last week. investigateors have identified the victim but they have not spoken to him. no charges have been filed. philadelphia police say they have solved a murder investigation, 31-year-old rahim felton is behind bars today accused of killing a transgener woman on south ingersoll street. london batts was killed yesterday after a domestic argument and she was not targeted because she was transgender. >> nobody was seriously hurt after a fiery accident involving a tour bus in gloucester county it happened at 3:30 this

morning, one truck pinned a car against the guardrail and the other car caught fire soon after and the northbound lanes of the turnpike were shut down for hours as officials worked to clear the scene. right now voters are deciding the primary elections in pennsylvania the polls are open until 8:00 tonight, six democratic candidates are vying for their party's nomination in philadelphia. they cast their ballots this morning, business woman melissa murray bailey is running unopposed for the republican nomination she will face the democratic nominee in november. stay with "action news" for complete coverage, we'll have a wrap-up of the election results at 11:00 and we are streaming them live at 6abc.com. and tweeting updates on 6 abc's twitter and if you have any questions or problems voting today the league of women

voters are here to help. you are looking live at volunteers now at 6 abc they are taking phone calls until 8:00 tonight. the number is on your screen n 1-877-940-6222. meteorologist, adam joseph is joining us and the weather is no excuse. >> sunny this afternoon and a few scattered showers and that is about it this afternoon as we take a live look at the shore a beautiful place to be. the sun is glistening over the buildings there at the far end of the boardwalk 78 warm degrees with the west-northwestly wind, a sea breeze kicks in and you can quickly drop the temperatures into the 60s, double scan live radar, most of the area is quiet and one downpour in southern parts of chester county, same exact location that got the rain yesterday and it's along the cold front that is pushing through here at 8:00, 9:00

tonight and behind it you can see the winds of change it's 37 in sault st. marie and 52 detroit and 57 in cleveland and the air will modify as it pulls in but it's a refreshing change here after the heat and humidity over the last few days. we'll talk about that and the memorial day forecast for the shore and the poconos. >> sault st. marie has it bad up there. >> 37. a phillies fan is feeling the wrath of social media after taking a foul ball away from a fellow fan who happens to be a lady joyce reaches for the ball and is pushed aside by the man and he pushes her hand away so he can lay claim to the ball, and a diamonds fan showed her the respect by handing her a diamondback t-shirt.

not cool. >> all right. people in burlington county new jersey are buzzing about a rare sighting. and rick williams is live in the newsroom with more on this one. >> a couple in willingboro saw the animal on their very own dock and captured the moments, the seal was there for a few hours, a local marine mammal expert weighed in on the images and says the seal appears to be in good condition, how the animal likely got into the creek if the first place. >> also coming up tonight a new fun raising efforts has begun they want to replace several aging motorcycles in their fleet before several big events come to the city. they can send one to my house no my wife won't let me have one never mind. >> see you soon thanks rick. kids at the please touch

museum can explore their inner green thumb worms and bar den bugs and dirt, those are the things that kids love, it's right here at the new 750 foot outdoor garden, they will learn about bottom any and sustainability in a fun interactive way. >> a south jersey girl got a surprise of her young life yesterday when she stepped off her school bus. you have to see this. >> love that, that is juliana's reaction to seeing her big brother. nicholas is part of the national guard serving with the combat unit in

ar. only a cute sister can get away with that you can watch the surprise reviewon once again over and over again. head to 6abc.com. >> wow. he deserved it. still ahead a battle over a little boy's body heads to court why the judge orderers the child to undergo surgery. and we have an important alert about sunscreen and consumer reports just tested 30 popular brands. what they found was kind of startling and meteorologist, adam joseph back with the full accuweather forecast. how much sunscreen should we use? .

here at the big board a court battle is waging over a bill boy's body his mom behind bars because she doesn't want him circumcised. she refused to comply with circumcising her now 4-year-old son. she is fighting the battle for four years, when the baby was born they briefly agreed to circumcise him and she is fighting for a restraining order to keep the surgery from happening but right now the judge is holding firm on the decision to schedule the procedure. this continues to play out and in the meantime this mom is in jail for not making good on the judge's decision. >> we'll follow that one thank you. lets get a check of the roads right now matt pellman is

in the traffic center. >> the normal delays heavy of course here on 95 and the ongoing work zone at girard avenue and headlights heading towards the city but the northbound travel time is worse. i want to let you know on friday there would be a change in the northbound pattern, we got rain saturday night and that won't happening now it's happening in the last weekend in may, they will shift the traffic to this center part of the roadway, that is why the traffic pattern didn't come true. normal delays, on passyunk the crash is gone and you are looking at speeds of 12 miles per hour and wreck on the boulevard near raun. and everything is open on the westbound pennsylvania turnpike, the crash past norristown out of the way but rook for one at woodland avenue and here in west

goshen a vehicle ran into a building near payoli lane, and there is debris on the roadway at 38 if you are traveling southbound on the parkway there is a broken down vehicle by the cape may. thank you. with memorial day this weekend, lots of you have no doubt to head to cookout and that means filling up on things like burgers, potato salad and if you are really lucky corn on the cob. >> ali gorman is here with more on that. >> i don't want to rain on anyone's picnic, this is helpful information. a burger has more than 350

calories which is fine, when you pile on the side dishes your diet takes a detour. >> it's hard to go to a barbecue because there are so many things to choose from. diane says watch out when navigating the summer buffet. you can get in trouble with the side dishes, popular main dishes are loaded with salt sugar and fat. first stop the ever popular and creamy potato salad. >> it has a ton of mayonnaise in it a serving of traditional potato salad could have as many as 400 calories and 10 grams of fat, our first diet detour make a healthier version. >> use low fat greek yogurt. >> next up cole slaw, many have

a lot of sugar and fat. >> and it's rich in calories too with 300 calories in a cup it's our next diet detour. >> there are many ways to make cole slaw. >> pickles with vinegar, the pickled items have more flavor with less calories and who doesn't love fruit a pick of money with ambrosia salad. >> typically it has marshmallows and whipped cream she calls this dish with 350 calories a fruit gone bad. she recommended dipping it in yogurt. and corn on the cob is on diet menus. >> the jersey corn, the east coast corn is so tlishs when it

comes out and only 100 calories an ear. and pasta salad you can use a vinegar or rice wine and salads made with quinoa is another good diet choice. you'll cut your calories in half using these healthy salads. >> watch out for mayonnaise and creamy dressings. and we put a recipe for a grilled romaine salad on 6abc.com. >> i have had grilled romaine, you have not lived until you have grilled romaine. perfect timing. >> thank you for keeping our picnic healthy.

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all right meteorologist, adam joseph the sun started to make an appearance. >> it's humid and feeling one downpour that turned into a thunderstorm in parts of our area as we look at double scan live radar 97% of us at this point are in the dry, but there is that one thunderstorm in southern chester county now pushing itself over the border into the state of delaware and newcastle county and moving to the south and east. is a lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes centerville 4:58 and again a lot of heavy rain with this, no indication of hail but gusty winds and good lightning now approaching wilmington if it survives and even chadds ford a couple of showers. that is all that is going on for the rest of us it looks like a hazy afternoon live from the

pagoda cam up in reading, you can see the haze in the atmosphere but the same shot tomorrow looks crystal clear with the blue sky and low humidity with better visibility, and warrington as well as chester, coming to the south and east browns mills 83 and same for cinnaminson and vineland looking to the south and west and not much in the way of cloud cover and that will bubble up the clouds and downpours an isolated shot at a shower but the humidity drops overnight tonight with the northeast westerly wins with the low temperatures around the low 50s and fresh high pressure comes in from canada here on wednesday and gusty winds from the northwest 10 to 20 miles per hour and that drives in the

lower humid and lots of sun, and low pressure over the carolinas and just slide there on thursday, that means brighter north of philadelphia and a shower is likely in the state of delaware and cape may county on thursday as the system passes by the exclusive accuweather forecast, beautiful and breezy tomorrow and 73 and thursday we are brushed by clouds and 69 and a snapshot of future tracker at 3:30, sun to the northern and clouds to the south and a couple of showers north of dover and as we open up the rest of yesterday, friday into saturday, low humidity and beautiful both days and only 70 on saturday and high clouds on sunday and dry and 78 and the holiday itself, breaks of sun and a spotty downpour at 84 and muggy the thunderstorm likely on tuesday at 84 degrees a good chunk of the holiday weekend looking good

right now get out and enjoy it. >> sounds great. thank you adam. what's the deal is coming up next.

consumer reports tested nearly three dozen sunscreens to see if they live up to their claims including the all important spf claims. most people check the spf that is suppose to note the amount of protection you get. consumer reports tested 34 sunscreens to see if they deliver, they apply it to panelist's back and have them soak in tubs depending on their water resist an claims and then

they are exposed to uxts v light. >> almost a third had spf's below what they promised. >> for example, banana boat sports spray says 50 plus spf, and only had a 24 and this claimed 30 and averaged only 13 and it effective and linked to skin damage and cancer and sun -- should preprovide both protections. some of them did not adequately guard again uva rays, the worst was this alligator gel can fell down. consumer reports reports found 15 sunscreens to recommend. they are named best buys, no add

sport for 10 there's and wal-mart's equate bran, for $8 sports brand. consumer reports includes several sunscreens that contain minerals as their active ingredients either zinc ox side or titanium ox side. i'm nydia han channel 6 "action news." >> some sunscreen is better that be no sunscreen. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, for shirleen allicot, alicia vitarelli, i'm brian taff, shirleen and i are back tonight and we hope you'll be too. for "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program with jaime apody cecily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is a big weather change on the way, sky 6 hd looking live at the ben franklin bridge the sky is clear over the delaware right now but it's still hot and pretty humid accuweather says it's changing cooler and more comfortable weather is coming. cecily tynan squoins us at the

"action news" big board with the details. >> tomorrow spring like weather is returning after four days of very summery conditions temperatures temperatures over the weekend in the 80s and today 83 and it's muggy and a cold front moving in from the west and typically cold fronts bring showers and thunderstorms, but double scan live showing one isolated cell i'm tracking through chester into newcastle county some reports of wind damage and hail, it's moving to the southeast at 20 miles per hour, to elsmere and fairfax and pennsgrove are all in the panel of this storm. we had 21 lightning strikes in the last is a minutes, and this storm is strengthening and crossing the delaware into salem county, but what is the only cell right now tonight we are